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V H. MORSE. COMBINED CUTTING, PUNGHING, AND TIRE UPSBTTING MACHINE.

Patented Mar. 20, 188.3.

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COMBINED CUTTING, PUNGHING, AND TIRE UPSETTING MACHINE.

No. 274,216. Patented Ma.1*.20;1883.

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H. MORSE. COMBINED GUTTING, PUNGHI NG, AND TIRE UPSETTING MACHINE. No. 274,216.

Patented M ar.20,1B83

' UNITED STATES PATENT Fries,

HARRIS MoRsE, F TUTTLETOWN, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED CUTTING, PUNCHING, AN D TIRE-UPSETTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,216, dated March 20, 1883.

Application filedJ'anhary'lS, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, HARRIS MORSE, of Tut- I tletown, county of Tuolumne, State of Galifornia, have invented a Combination Cutting, Punching, and Upsetting Apparatus; and I hereby declare the following to beafulhhlear,

and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to a novel apparatus for use in blacksmiths and other iron-working shops; and it consists in acombination, within a single frame, of a tire-upsetting device, a

' be also moved up or down.

cutting or shearing and a punching device, anda drill-sharpening device.

The whole of these devices are actuated by an oscillating or rocking shaft forming a double lever, and having movable boxes, by which it may be elevated or depressed. In combination with this movable shaft I employ a wedge-shaped sliding base,with rack and pinion for moving the same,

so thatthe fulcrummay be raised or lowered and thick plates cut or punched by successive movements.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure l is a perspective view of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through .the machine. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the cutting, punching, and sharpening devices. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are details; and Fig. 8 is another and enlarged perspective view,,showing some of the partsto better advantage.

A A are the sides, B the top, and G the bottom plate, of the frame of my machine, made sufficiently strong to resist any strain which may be brought upon them. The sides are slotted vertically, as shown at D, and the journal-boxes E (in which the shaft F is journaled) are fitted into vthese slots, being held in position and steadied by the sliding plates G,which are slotted to clasp the boxes, and are fitted to more in horizontal guides upon the vertical side posts, as shown. When these slides are withdrawn the boxes will be free to move vertically in the slots, so that the shaft F may Near the top a strong beam, H, extends transversely between the sides A A, and its ends fit between guides I, so that it may be moved up and down. Upon the top of this beam are formed seats to hold the cutting-jaws or punching-plates, and also a drill-sharpener consisting of two beveled 0pposing jaws, as shown. In the present case I have shown the punching-die J fitted into a I dovetailed slot onthe top of the beam, where it may be adjusted and locked, so as to move H N formed in two opposite sides, near the edges,

as shown. A plate, 0, is made ofa width equal to the distance between the uprights A, and its lower edge is rounded to fit the grooveN in the upper side of the shaft F. The upper edge fits a slot made in the lower side of the beam H, so that when the shaft F is turned in one direction'it forces the plate and beam upward, so as to actuate the cutting-jaws and the punchdie. journals from the strain which severe pressure would bring upon it, another plate, P, has its upper edge fitted into the opposite slot N in the lower side of the shaft F,'wl1ile its lower edge fits a slotin the transverse beam Q, near the bottom of the frame. It-will be seen that when the shaft is rotated the pressure upon the upper movable beam is resisted through the plates 0 and P from the beam Q. This beam is mounted upon a table, R, which has beveled bars S running transversely beneath it. These bars rest upon the broad baseplate G of the frame, which has alsoan inclined upper surface, as shown, so that as the table R is moved to and fro across it the table will be raised or lowered. The central bar S of the In order to relieve the shaft F and its table has a rack, T, formed within it. A shaft,

done when itis desired to outer punch through a thick plate of iron, and to rotate the shaft whole apparatus is compact, and is useful for F but a short distance, so as to give the greatest power. In such a case the shaft and plates P and the beam H, upon which the cuttingjaws and punch-dies are mounted, are lowered by the depression of the table R until the plate to be operated upon can be introduced between the jaws of the cutter or plates of the punch. A movement of the shaft F is then made by its lever, gear-wheel, pulley, or other means for applying power, suitably attached to shaft F, as seen in Fig. 1, and a cut or hole made to a corresponding depth. The shaft is then rotated backward and the jaws withdrawn, after which the table R is moved forward up the incline of the base 0 bya partial rotation of the pinion V, and this brings the cutting or punching jaws up against the bottom of the former cut or hole, when the shaft may be again rotated, and so on until the cut or hole is finished.

In order to operate the shaft U and pinion V from the shaft F so as to move the table R forward at the proper time, the two are connected together by the intermediate mechanism, as shown at W.

Upon the outside of the frame A, and opposite to the operating end ofthe shaft F, is fixed a tire-upsetting device, which is also operated by the shaft F by means of plates 0. a, which are fitted between the end of the shaft and the two lever-arms b of the jaws c of the tightener, in a manner similar to the working of the plates 0 P, which operate the cutting and punching jaws, The jaws c are thus moved toward the anvil d by the action of the shaft F. These jaws have serrated dies fixed within them, and the tire, when heated, is laid upon them and the anvil, the curve or angle being about right for ordinary tires. Any adjustment to suit larger or smaller ones may be made by changing the angle of the dies within the jaws. Above these dies two lever-arms,

e, have their fulcrutns atf on the same pin Wilh the levers b. The lower ends of the leverse are serrated, and their shape is such that when turned in one direction they will compress the tire between themselves and the jaws c. The upper ends of the arms care con-. nected by rods 9 with a lever, h, by'which they are operatedto clamp or release the tire. The partial rotation of the shaft F produces the power by which the tire is upset. The

a great variety of work in blacksmith and other iron-working shops.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cutting and punching machine, the slotted sides A of the frame, having the journal-boxes E of the shaft F fitted to move vertically in the slots, so. that the shaft may be adjusted up or down, and the sliding plates G, moving in guides upon the frame to clasp or release the boxes E, substantially as herein described.

2. The horizontal shaft F, turning in boxes E, which are vertically adjustable in the frame A, in combination with the plates 0 and P, having their adjacent edges fitting in grooves on opposite sides of the shaft, as shown, while their opposite edges fit respectively into grooves in the punch and cutter actuating beam H, and the thrust-bearing Q, substantially as herein described.

3. The horizontal shaft turning in the vertically-movable boxes E, and having grooves formed on opposite edges of its opposite sides 'to receive the adjacent edges of tne plates 0 P, and the beams H and Q, against which the remote edges of said plates act, in combination with the table R, having the inclined or beveled ribs or supporting-surface, said table being movable transversely beneath the beam Q, so as to elevate or depress it, substantially as herein described.

4. The rocking shaft F, plates 0 P, beams H and Q, horizontally-adjustable beveled table R, and rack and pinion T and V, in combination with the mechanism W, to connect the shafts F and U, substantially as herein described.

5. The rocking shaft F, supported in boxes adjustable in the uprights A, in combination with the levers b and e, with their jaws, as shown. the plates at, a, rods 9 g, and the lever h. substantially as and for the purpose herein described. a h 1% witness whereof I have hereunto setmy HARRIS MORSE.

Witnesses S. H. N CURSE, FR NK A. BaooKs. 

